5000 Miles Towards Tokyo - Paperbackby Green Peyton (Author) 5,000 Miles Towards Tokyo, first published in 1945, is the story of four U. S. Navy escort carriers forming Air Group 60, especially the Suwannee (a converted oiler and home to the author) in the South Pacific during 1943 and 1944. The Group played a vital role in every important Pacific invasion from the Gilbert Islands to the Philippines, with its pilots flying thousands of bombing missions and patrols. The book looks at